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this appears to be an agitator of some kind? probably goes around in circles? wonder what the little cup w/hole on the bottom that's at the top middle of the thing is for?

minktail

Mon 06-25-2007

Maybe to direct incoming fluids away from the hub of the agitator?

Zebra

Mon 06-25-2007

Whatever it is, it looks like it is singing

Or zapping.

If memory serves (saw a similar setup on TV a while back), the wort is pumped up through the middle and comes out that hole, and the agitators keep the yeast from forming a dense cake on the bottom of the tank by slowly churning around and around for the several days needed for fermentation.

Chrispy

Mon 06-25-2007

I think it went in a circle to get the hops out. Its just a guess

Joe

Mon 06-25-2007

This is what happens during mashing. You pour the grain with the water and heat it really high and mix them together, with resting at different intervals. This gets the malt to break down starches into sugars.

Yeah... I took a beers class in college. o_O

Grace

Mon 06-25-2007

My uncles still wasn't big enough for one of those.

marc

Tue 06-26-2007

You should see the ladies come running when this thing goes into spin cycle!

Thats alot of beer

Looks kinda like a spinal column.

Frida

Mon 07-02-2007

Grace is right. That is used in the process of "mashing" where warm water is mixed with the crushed grain so the enzymes can convert the starches from the malt into fermantable sugars for the yeast to turn into Carbon Dioxide and alcohol.

Zach

Mon 07-09-2007

Neat! Not your red neck bathtub is it?

Kristiara

Tue 08-14-2007

Flashbacks of Saw 3. The bottom right corner seems to have a metal pole that looks like an arm. The arm seems to be connected so its moving the arms that span the top of this device and in turn moves the blades back and forth. I don't think this spins like a blender but instead has the blades do the moving of the fluids around. I would say mashing fits but it seems like this was before the ability to have the blender motion. (Forget brewing class. Growing up in Germany has its benefits too.)

Jason

Mon 08-20-2007

It's called a Mash Tun when you're making whisky, but I doubt the name is the same for beer, especially Belgian beer.

Beth

Sat 08-25-2007

The pic actually gives me the feel of being inside, I almost hear everything now like incapsulated, and also being in a rounded closed place changes the perception of the eye....

Seems like with minimal maintenance everything here could work again... look, the wing nuts aren't even slightly rusted.

KEMPKES

Fri 02-01-2008

So welcome to the machine!

Patrick

Sun 02-03-2008

It is indeed, the Mash-tun from heaven!

Uncle Fester

Mon 05-12-2008

For some reason, I can almost hear the open mouth of that cup singing "Build Me Up Buttercup!"

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